THE LAND AS WE FOUND IT

Our block consists of 74 acres of pristine Box Ironbark / Low Rises Grassy Woodland bordered on the South and West side by State Forest, pasture on the East and a dirt road along the frontage. It is located at Dunach between the towns of Talbot and Clunes approximately 150km west of Melbourne. It lies at the foot of the volcanically-formed Mount Glasgow and is very close to the environmentally-significant Merin Merin Swamp.

The local area is very much part of the central goldfields in Victoria and our land has at least four recorded shallow diggings on the Mount Glasgow Reef. In fact there are many small pits and piles of displaced earth all over the land. Heritage.vic.gov.au reveals that digging began in the Mount Glasgow area in 1859.

Wildlife is prolific on our block and in the local area. We are home to a small flock of White-browed Babblers which are at the extreme edge of their range and there are many other woodland species of birds. In terms of mammals there are Kangaroos, Echidna, Possums and Tuans. There are also koalas in the area although we have only found the remains of a dead one so far.